I'll get around to it

I have been meaning to keep this a current project for ages, and have a stack of images to upload. But the time to edit them and come up with some accompanying text eludes me, I'll try to get around to it soon.

Two things friends abroad ask me the most about are: what are people wearing in London these days? Entirely understandable given that so many trends, especially street style start here. And what are you doing in the exciting epicentre of excitement these days?

To the first question, well I'll post some images of the fashions and my thoughts about it soon. To be honest, while as absorbed by clothes and style as ever it is much more from a spectator perspective these days. Why? One: credit crunch. Although as when I was a student and afterwards when skint this really just being more creative and individual. Which I now have less time to do.

Two: age and motherhood. This week I threw together an outfit, none of which was new, but composed of some fashion forward elements I have had for a while - grey peg trousers; navy boy-fit blazer with rolled sleeves; high peep toe brogues with orange heel; block print tee. Each one of these items individually will be huge this coming season and although I have had most of them for over a year put together into one outfit I looked too trendy. Like I had just gone out and bought a fashionable look instead of reflecting what I like or feel comfortable in. In short although each piece was unique when I bought them and I liked them all, I felt self conscious and try hard in them when they amalgamated. I needed to deconstruct and put something old and out of date with it. When you get a bit older - though I don't consider my self to be old - you can keep an interest in fashion but you can adhere too closely to it as (perversely) it ages you. Think Edina from Ab Fab.

As to what I am doing? Other than working and being a mum? I guess the question is more about what is London like and what do people do here? There's so much I couldn't cover it all so I will, again, post some pictures and things that I think may interest people in the next few weeks or months. Most Londoners have been somewhat reclusive - recovering from New Year, cold and that credit crunch again!